Re: diy shooting heads

Posted by Steve P. on 2010-09-27 09:27:32
in reply to diy shooting heads posted by Kitb on 2010-09-26 23:25:15

yeah, Kit - better to stick with Rio T8, T11, T14, T17, or Cortland LC13(numbers are grains per foot) - just use the number of feet that givesthe grain total required for your rod weight keeping in mind thathigher grain weights in this series sink a bit faster (T8 - 7 inches per sec,T11 - 8 inches per sec, T14 - 9 inches per sec).

GES on this board has played with the trolling lead core forwhat he calls leadcore lite heads. I tried 27 lb test in the surf andit went fine, though pretty noisy going through the guides, until I hadmy first small tangle. This trolling stuff kinks easily instead ofstraightening like the Rio and Cortland products and when that happens it isa nightmare...unfishable in my brief experience for active casting scenarios.